Quotes About Pride

“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ëAha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,í

Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ëI am perfect in beauty.í

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ëI am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.í Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ëYou were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ëThe Nile is mine; I made it myself.í

The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ëThe Nile is mine; I made it,í

The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ëSince it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.

Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!

I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.

All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.

As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.